Appeal No. 95-3940
Application 08/206,022
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 54, 55, 58, 60 and 61. Claims 15, 16, 18-
29, 32, 33, 48-50, 56 and 57 have been canceled. Claims 1-14,
17, 30, 31, 34-47, 51-53, 59 and 62-64 have been found
allowable.
Claim 54 is illustrative to the subject matter on
appeal and recites:
54. A cut-resistant yarn suitable for machine
knitting, having a core of at least 150 denier comprised of
synthetic fiber and the following wraps wound about the core:
(a) one or more wraps W1 of synthetic fiber, at
least two turns per inch, said turns being widely spaced each
from the next, the first of said wraps W1 wound directly about
the core;
(b) a wrap W2 of flexible metal wire having a
maximum diameter of 0.010 inch, two to twelve turns per inch,
disposed about the wrap or wraps W1;
(c) a wrap W3 of 300 to 2000 denier synthetic fiber
disposed about the wrap W2, the turns being directly adjacent
each other; and
(d) a wrap W4 of 300 to 2000 denier synthetic fiber
disposed about the wrap W3, the turns being directly adjacent
each other.
THE REFERENCES
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